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Kenya: Sandrafelis Chebet Ready to Conquer the World After Tough Training to Be a Policewoman

todayJanuary 9, 2024 1

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Nairobi — Kenyan long distance runner Sandrafelis Chebet is optimistic of representing Kenya at this year’s international competitions after completing her rigorous education to be a policewoman.

The 2018 Valencia 10km champion said she was preoccupied with training at the Police College in Kiganjo for majority of the past two years, which somewhat hampered her bid to make the Team Kenya squad for the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

“Last year…as well as 2022…I was in college. That’s why I didn’t perform as well as I had expected. My body was not in peak form but as per now, my schedule has kind of opened up and I feel I am at my best. I have been training well, with the guidance of my coach and I feel I am headed in the right direction,” Chebet said.

At last year’s national trials for the World Championships, the 2018 Africa Under 20 silver medalist finished a disappointing 11th in the women’s 10,000m.

The year before, the 25-year-old had suffered a heartbreak when she missed out on the final team to the World Championships in Oregon and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after finishing ninth in the women’s 10,000m at the national trials.

Chebet, who last wore the national singlet at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, said she is working hard to heal her Achilles heel in readiness for a shot at March’s All Africa Games and the Olympics in Paris.

“For now, I am working hard to improve on my speed. I thank my coach for the much he has done to get me in top shape. I have already seen a lot of improvement compared to last year. When that time comes, I trust in God to open doors for me and that I will be in great shape,” she said.